A method includes storing, with a first programmable processor, shared variable data to cache lines of a first cache of the first processor. The method further includes executing, with the first programmable processor, a store-with-release operation,…
In a computing system, cache coherency is performed by selecting one of a plurality of coherency protocols for a first memory transaction. Each of the plurality of coherency protocols has a unique set of cache states that may be applied to cached dat…
From: http://preshing.com/20120710/memory-barriers-are-like-source-control-operations/ If you use source control, you’re on your way towards understanding memory ordering, an important consideration when writing lock-free code in C, C++ and other l…
